Illumination (Iluminacja). Krzysztof Zanussi, 1972.
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Edition screened: Second Run DVD #77 included in the box set Polish Cinema Classics Volume II, released 2013. Polish language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 89 minutes.
Summary: Lab monkey experimentation.
Details: Beginning at 47:47 and continuing through 48:30 we see a lab monkey constrained in a pillory with electrodes introduced into his skull and subjected to impulses that induce rage.
Illumination is a remarkable, intelligent, and enjoyable film that envelopes issues of scientific objective and personal capacity into an easy narrative structure. Shame on our insightful writer/director for including a scene of animal experimentation. Watch it anyway.
The Second Run DVD also includes the short film A Trace (Åšlad) which adds value to Illumination, and an appealing interview with suave director Zanussi.